Katosa Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Katosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
The alternate forms: Katoša (6) are calculated separately.
Katosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katosa is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Katoša. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Katosa is the 812,930th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Katosa live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Apart from Malawi it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Katosa
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